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Bismarck’s role in the unification and consolidation of Germany is central to any understanding of Germany's development as a nation and its consequent role as aggressor in two world wars. This stud……続きを見る

One of Neil Gaiman’s favourite scary stories for children. Set within a world of sorcery and wizardry, much like an 18th Century Harry Potter, Krabat tells the story of a 14-year-old beggar boy lure……続きを見る

The Ailing Empire: Germany from Bismarck to Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (translated from the German by Jean Steinberg; 57,000 words) Using his skills as a journalist, historian, and memoirist, Sebas……続きを見る

'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love - only for their fear.' -Heinrich Himmler The Schutzstaffel, or SS - t……続きを見る

The remarkable rise and shameful fall of one of the twentieth century's greatest conglomerates At its peak in the 1930s, the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben was one of the most powerful corpo……続きを見る

Explores the role of public memory and images of the past in the Jewish communities of Germany, France, and Hungary as they faced changing political and social conditions. With the rise of Fascism i……続きを見る

A detailed account of Earnest Hanson's experiences. He was born in 1920 and was raised on a homestead in southeastern Colorado. Drafted into the army in 1943, he was trained to fight in WWII in the ……続きを見る

Diese Schrift, welche hier der deutschen Übersetzung geboten wird, erschien zuerst im Sommer 1667 unter dem Pseudonym Severinus von Monzambano mit dem Titel Severini de Monzambano Veronensis De……続きを見る

On March 30, 1978, the trial began in the district court of Aschaffenburg Germany, of Josef and Anna Michel and Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt. The four were charged with negligent homicid……続きを見る

The classic account of the war on the Eastern Front between the Russians and the Germans - the greatest clash of arms the world has ever seen. Carefully researched and beautifully written, this book……続きを見る

Kaiser Wilhelm II is one of the key figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe: King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to the collapse of Germany in 1918 and a crucial player in the ev……続きを見る

Este volume da coleção Revoluções do Século XX apresenta um balanço histórico da Revolução Alemã, de 1918 a 1923, a primeira revolução numa sociedade industrial desenvolvida. Depois da Revolução Rus……続きを見る

Derek Hastings here illuminates an important and largely overlooked aspect of early Nazi history, going back to the years after World War I--when National Socialism first emerged--to reveal its clos……続きを見る

Even Bearded Men Cried is the memoir of a young German girl.  Torn from her childhood and orphaned in 1938 at the age of 12, Brigitte Speidel was housed by an imperious grandmother before being……続きを見る

Holocaust survivor HENRY MELNICK was born in Lodz, Poland. Shortly after the Nazis occupied Poland in 1939, he was sent to do slave labour in the Nowy Sacz and Tarnow Ghettos and at Szebnie camp. He……続きを見る

Cambridge Medieval History: Germany and the Western Empire is an expansive treatise on Western civilization after the fall of Rome. From 800 to 1000 A.D. ,the rise of the Franks, Germanic tribes, an……続きを見る

Before World War II in Germany, two young boys–-one Jewish one Christian–-play football on the same team, little knowing that their paths will cross again on a war-torn battlefield. Max Tepper–-the ……続きを見る

The image of the Third Reich as a monolithic state presiding over the brainwashed, fanatical masses, retains a tenacious grip on the general public's imagination. However, a growing body of research……続きを見る

Šių dienų XX a. istorijos skaitytojams, besidomintiems Antruoju pasauliniu karu, sunku suvokti, kaip pasaulis galėjo ramiai stebėti Hitlerio iškilimą į valdžią, Vokietijos karinės galios augimą, žyd……続きを見る

In the tradition of the great narrative storytellers, Andrei Cherny recounts the exhilarating saga of the unlikely men who made the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successe……続きを見る

Wednesday 12th June 1940. The Times reported 'thousands upon thousands of Parisians leaving the capital by every possible means, preferring to abandon home and property rather than risk even tempora……続きを見る

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945ーfrom the Russian Revolution through the Second World War. In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler,……続きを見る

This social and cultural history of girls in the German youth movements in the pre-Nazi era brings fascinating new light to bear on the history of the German youth movements. It contributes to our w……続きを見る

In this beautiful reissue, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical curiosities he discovered while researching the romantic poets, creating a captivating mixture of biography and memoir.……続きを見る

German native Armin Meiwes placed this ad in an internet chatroom catering to cannibals. He received 430 responses. Among them was Bernd Juergen Brandes, who arrived at Meiwes’s isolated country hom……続きを見る

During the last decade, contemporary German and Austrian cinema has grappled with new social and economic realities. The “cinema of consensus,” a term coined to describe the popular and commercially……続きを見る

**In the tradition of incredible true stories from The Great Escape to Argo, Savage Will recounts a tale of survival, daring, and evasion behind enemy lines: that of American medics and nurses stran……続きを見る

The Nazi Germany Sourcebook is an exciting new collection of documents on the origins, rise, course and consequences of National Socialism, the Third Reich, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. ……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Extrait : Il est impossible d’imaginer une défaite plus éclatante que celle subie sur toute la ligne par le parti, ou……続きを見る

Field Marshal von der Goltz was an officer in the Prussian and Ottoman armies. He was also a professor at the Prussian military college. The Conduct of War was an extremely influential work which wa……続きを見る